28 September–4 October 2026

Date: 2026-10-04
Type: ARTICLE
Desk: Funding and M&A
Topics: Funding, Acquisitions
Deck: This week’s robotics and enabling technology funding: General Intuition raises $220M, SiMa.ai raises $150M; AMD agrees to buy World Labs for $8.2B.
URL: https://korthosrobotics.com/research/robotics-funding-deals-2026-10-04

Section: Featured rounds
Company: General Intuition
Amount: $220M
Round: Financing
Meta: World & action models · United States
Date: 29 Sept 2026
Investors: Led by Valor Equity Partners/Also participating Atreides, Seven Seven Six, Point72, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst
Source: https://mobilegamer.biz/general-intuition-raises-220m-at-6-2bn-valuation-trains-ai-on-gameplay-clips/
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General Intuition raised $220 million at a $6.2 billion valuation to expand its research and engineering teams in New York and Europe. The company trains action and world models on gameplay data, and has opened early-access registration for partners in games, simulation and robotics.
Company: SiMa.ai
Amount: $150M
Round: Series C
Meta: Edge AI silicon · United States
Date: 28 Sept 2026
Investors: Led by Fidelity Management & Research Company; Amplify/Also participating Alter Venture Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, Maverick Capital, +ND Capital, Point72, StepStone Group, AllianceBernstein, Baron Capital, J.P. Morgan, State of Michigan
Source: https://markets.financialcontent.com/stocks/article/bizwire-2026-9-28-simaai-reaches-145b-valuation-with-500-million-in-total-funding-to-scale-physical-ai-in-humanoids-automotive-and-drones
Profile: /ecosystem/company/sima-ai
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SiMa.ai raised a $150 million Series C at a $1.45 billion valuation. The financing will expand its Palette Neat software environment and fund the next generation of edge AI silicon for robotics, drones and automotive systems, with hardware planned for the first half of 2028.
Company: Quartermaster
Amount: $100M
Round: Series B equity financing
Meta: Maritime sensing & perception · United States
Date: 28 Sept 2026
Investors: Led by Insight Partners/Also participating Overmatch Ventures, First Round Capital
Source: https://oceannews.com/news/milestones/quartermaster-secures-series-b-to-expand-smartmast-ocean-data-network/
Profile: /ecosystem/company/quartermaster
Note: Equity and debt shown separately: $100M Series B + $40M facility.
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Quartermaster raised $100 million in equity and secured a separate $40 million debt facility from Stifel to expand its maritime sensing network. Its SmartMast combines cameras, radios and edge AI on existing workboats to detect, classify and track vessels autonomously.
Company: Sudo AI
Amount: >RMB1B
USD: >US$149.2M
Round: Financing round
Meta: Robot foundation models · China
Date: 2 Oct 2026
Investors: Led by Guotou Leading · Guotou Futeng · Guotai Haitong/Also participating Daohe Long-Term, Dongfeng Asset Management, CDB Capital, Everest Venture Capital, Liangtu Zhice, Xiaomi
Source: https://cj.sina.com.cn/articles/view/6589734409/188c75e0901901ldua
Profile: /ecosystem/company/sudo-ai
Note: Reported lower bound; no exact amount disclosed.
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Sudo AI reported more than RMB1 billion in financing for its robot foundation models and manipulation systems. Xiaomi returned as an investor. The next phase of development focuses on transferring embodied capabilities between industries, production lines and workstations.
Company: Fortem Technologies
Amount: $50M
Round: Series B
Meta: Autonomous counter-drone systems · United States
Date: 30 Sept 2026
Investors: Led by Lockheed Martin/Also participating Unusual Machines
Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260930298011/en/Fortem-Technologies-Closes-%2450M-Series-B-Financing-Led-by-Lockheed-Martin
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Fortem Technologies closed a $50 million Series B to expand manufacturing in Lindon, Utah, and global deployments of its SkyDome counter-drone systems. SkyDome includes DroneHunter, an autonomous interceptor that captures other drones with nets. Lockheed Martin led the round, with Unusual Machines and other strategic and institutional investors participating.
Company: IPercept
Amount: $16.5M
Round: Series A
Meta: CNC sensing & diagnostics · Sweden
Date: 29 Sept 2026
Investors: Co-led by Isogon Ventures and 2150/Also participating Luminar Ventures, RunwayFBU, J12 Ventures, AI.Fund
Source: https://www.ipercept.io/en/news/ipercept-raises-16-5m-series-a
Profile: /ecosystem/company/ipercept
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IPercept raised $16.5 million for motion-based diagnostics and predictive maintenance of CNC machines. A sensor mounted on a moving machine part measures component wear, supporting the manufacturing equipment layer. The Swedish company reports more than 30 enterprise customers, including Airbus, Bosch, Hitachi Energy, Scania and Volvo, and previously raised a €5 million seed round in May 2025.
Company: Inbolt
Amount: €11M
USD: ≈US$12.3M
Round: Financing round
Meta: Robot vision · France
Date: 30 Sept 2026
Investors: Led by Shift4Good/Also participating Bridges Climate Transition Partners, BNP Paribas Développement, Ora Global
Source: https://tech.eu/2026/09/30/inbolt-raises-eur11m-to-bring-real-time-vision-and-intelligence-to-industrial-robots/
Profile: /ecosystem/company/inbolt
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Inbolt raised €11 million to expand its real-time industrial robot vision business in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific, and enter data-centre and electronics manufacturing applications. Its 3D vision software works across robot brands, with customers including Bosch, Ford, Stellantis and Toyota.
Company: Aleph
Amount: $7.5M
Round: Pre-seed
Meta: Surgical robotics
Date: 30 Sept 2026
Investors: Led by Andreessen Horowitz
Source: https://alephsurgical.com/blogs/pre-seed-funding
Profile: /ecosystem/company/aleph-surgical
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Aleph raised $7.5 million in pre-seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Founded by Ryan and Dylan McGuire, the company is developing autonomous surgical robots that learn tasks from demonstrations and refine their skills through experience.
Section: Also raised this week
Company: Certo Aerospace
Amount: £5M
USD: ≈US$6.6M
Meta: Equity round · 2 Oct
Source: https://industrialnews.co.uk/certo-secures-5m-for-capstone-uas-development/
Profile: /ecosystem/company/certo-aerospace
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Certo Aerospace raised £5 million to develop CAPSTONE, its 600 kg-class coaxial VTOL uncrewed aircraft for logistics, casualty evacuation and maritime missions. The programme has completed three years of flight testing under UK CAA operational authorisation.
Company: Extend Robotics
Amount: £2.6M
USD: ≈US$3.4M
Meta: Pre-A · 28 Sept
Investors: Led by Skyworks Venture Capital Fund/Also participating Neo Venture (Europe), Zip Capital
Source: https://www.extendrobotics.com/post/extend-robotics-raises-2-6-million-to-let-manufacturers-hire-robots-by-the-outcome-not-buy-them-by
Profile: /ecosystem/company/extend-robotics
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Extend Robotics closed a £2.6 million Pre-A round to expand its robot services and operator network. At Adrian Scripps, an Extend-operated humanoid performs quality control on a live apple-packing line; the company reports 35 subscription customers across four sales regions.
Company: Tangent Robotics
Amount: $4.5M
Meta: Pre-seed · 30 Sept
Investors: Co-led by Fly Ventures and Toyota Ventures/Also participating Logos Fund, Sparked Ventures
Source: https://www.tangentrobotics.ai/pre-seed-funding-round-led-by-fly-ventures-and-toyota-ventures/
Profile: /ecosystem/company/tangent-robotics
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The Columbia Engineering spinout raised $4.5 million for dexterous manipulation systems, with funding directed towards development and future manufacturing deployments.
Company: Occam Industries
Amount: €3.8M
USD: ≈US$4.3M
Meta: Financing · 30 Sept
Investors: Led by North Ventures/Also participating Sparkmind, Grenadyr, Antler, Tech Horizons, TYR, Freedom Fund
Source: https://thedefender.media/en/2026/09/occam-industries-investment-3-8m/
Profile: /ecosystem/company/occam-industries
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Occam is expanding autonomy software already used on serial FPV drone platforms in Ukraine, with work spanning interceptor guidance, reconnaissance and target matching.
Company: LOMBY
Amount: ¥387M
USD: ≈US$2.5M
Meta: Series A · 28 Sept
Investors: Led by Mercuria Investment/Also participating Suzuki, Canal Ventures / BCF1, Tama Shinkin / SNETI, Nabtesco Technology Ventures, DRONE FUND
Source: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000010.000103569.html
Profile: /ecosystem/company/lomby
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LOMBY announced a ¥387 million Series A, closed on 31 August, to expand LM-A delivery robot production, fleets and autonomy, including work with 7-Eleven Japan.
Company: DoD Solution
Amount: €1.8M
USD: ≈US$2.1M
Meta: Pre-seed · 28 Sept
Investors: Also participating Angel One Fund, Better Angle, Defence Builder Fund, Network VC, Newfund, UAID Fund, WildField Ventures, 4C-Next Holding AG, Draganfly
Source: https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/09/combat-tested-in-ukraine-dod-solution-raises-e1-8-million-to-scale-ai-autonomy-for-unmanned-systems/
Profile: /ecosystem/company/dod-solution
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The pre-seed round supports AURA onboard-AI hardware, operating-system development and integration into unmanned platforms. Draganfly joined as a strategic investor.
Company: Qibitech
Amount: ≈¥600M
USD: ≈US$3.8M
Meta: Series B · 30 Sept
Investors: Also participating JIC Venture Growth Fund 2, SVP Open Innovation Fund 1
Source: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000030.000065626.html
Profile: /ecosystem/company/kibitech
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The approximately ¥600 million Series B supports development, sales and hiring for HATS, which connects multi-vendor robots with warehouse and manufacturing systems.
Company: SE Innovations
Amount: KRW3B
USD: ≈US$2.2M
Meta: Pre-A · 30 Sept
Investors: Also participating Quantum Ventures Korea, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund, Daekyo Investment
Source: https://www.etnews.com/20260930000006
Profile: /ecosystem/company/se-innovations
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The KRW3 billion Pre-A round supports SynK product development, hiring and commercialisation in Korea and Taiwan, spanning AMR setup, maintenance and fleet integration.
Company: Knowin
Amount: Several hundred million RMB
Meta: Angel+++ · 29 Sept
Investors: Led by JD-linked fund/Also participating Zhengxingu Capital, Nanshan strategic investment, Walden
Source: https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1790647356129848.html
Profile: /ecosystem/company/knowin
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The Angel+++ round follows August’s RMB500 million Angel++ financing. Proceeds support GLOW training data, KNOWIN-X1 engineering validation, production preparation and hiring.
Company: Giant Crab Intelligence
Amount: >RMB100M
USD: >US$14.9M
Meta: Financing · 30 Sept
Investors: Led by Huatai Zijin/Also participating Johnson Electric, Ninebot Private Fund, X Square, Nanjing Innovation Investment Group, Ecovacs
Source: https://www.ifastdata.com/2026/09/30/%E8%8B%8F%E5%B7%9E%E8%B0%90%E6%B3%A2%E5%87%8F%E9%80%9F%E6%9C%BA%E7%A0%94%E5%88%B6%E5%95%86%E5%B7%A8%E8%9F%B9%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%AE%8C%E6%88%90%E6%96%B0%E4%B8%80%E8%BD%AE%E8%B6%85%E4%BA%BF%E5%85%83/
Profile: /ecosystem/company/giant-crab-intelligence
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The harmonic-reducer and robot-joint developer raised more than RMB100 million, with Johnson Electric, Ninebot Private Fund and X Square participating.
Company: Tachin
Amount: RMB100M-level
Meta: Pre-A++ · 29 Sept
Investors: Co-led by Beijing AI Industry Investment Fund and Beijing New Materials Industry Investment Fund
Source: https://news.pedaily.cn/202609/569741.shtml
Profile: /ecosystem/company/tachin
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The Pre-A++ round backs flexible electronic skin, automated production and tactile-data tools. The disclosed amount is an order-of-magnitude description, not an exact figure.
Company: BlueBug Embodied
Amount: Tens of millions of RMB
Meta: Angel · 29 Sept
Investors: Led by Xi’an High-Tech Venture Capital
Source: https://m.pedaily.cn/news/569749
Profile: /ecosystem/company/bluebug-embodied
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Angel funding supports production and development of modular wheeled humanoids. Its Mantis Standard embodied-AI platform has been available since 14 September.
Company: Yitai Embodied
Amount: Tens of millions of RMB
Meta: Angel · 30 Sept
Investors: Also participating Xiangying Fund, Jiaoyuan Asset Management, Zhongping Capital, Pudong Science and Technology Investment
Source: https://www.ifastdata.com/2026/09/30/%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E5%85%B7%E8%BA%AB%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E6%95%B0%E6%8D%AE%E8%A7%A3%E5%86%B3%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88%E6%8F%90%E4%BE%9B%E5%95%86%E4%B9%99%E5%A4%AA%E5%85%B7%E8%BA%AB%E8%8E%B7%E5%BE%97%E6%95%B0/
Profile: /ecosystem/company/yitai-embodied
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The angel financing supports human-demonstration data collection and processing for general robot-model training. The announcement describes tens of millions of RMB without disclosing an exact amount.
Company: LEBO Robotics
Amount: Undisclosed
Meta: Series B first close · 30 Sept
Investors: Also participating Abies Ventures Fund I, Tamashima Regional Revitalization Investment Partnership
Source: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000007.000057075.html
Profile: /ecosystem/company/lebo-robotics
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LEBO completed the first close of its Series B for wind-turbine blade maintenance robots. A second close is planned before the company discloses the total round size.
Company: Legmin
Amount: Undisclosed
Meta: Strategic investment · 30 Sept
Investors: Also participating MEEQ
Source: https://www.meeq.com/news/20260930_2
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MEEQ invested in Legmin to combine communications and IoT infrastructure with autonomous crop-spraying robots and agricultural services.
Company: M-Fly
Amount: Undisclosed
Meta: Financing · 30 Sept
Investors: Led by MITS Capital/Also participating Freedom Fund, Gardar
Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ukrainian-m-fly-secures-new-funding-round-led-by-mits-capital-to-scale-production-amid-rising-demand-302893745.html
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M-Fly’s new financing supports production of laser-guidance systems and electro-optical gimbals for unmanned platforms, with an RB-100 small-drone gimbal planned for Q1 2027.
Company: OSCP
Amount: Undisclosed
Meta: Series A · 1 Oct
Investors: Led by New Science Ventures/Also participating Emerging Ventures, 2050 Capital
Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oscp-closes-series-a-financing-led-by-new-science-ventures-302894999.html
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OSCP announced a Series A that closed in August. The financing supports photonic inertial sensor production, product development and engineering and sales hiring.
Company: Guochuang Lantian
Amount: Undisclosed
Meta: Financing · 30 Sept
Investors: Also participating Xiong’an Science and Technology Innovation Seed Fund
Source: https://www.ifastdata.com/2026/09/30/%E6%B2%B3%E5%8C%97%E4%BD%8E%E7%A9%BA%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%B7%A1%E6%A3%80%E8%A7%A3%E5%86%B3%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88%E6%8F%90%E4%BE%9B%E5%95%86%E5%9B%BD%E5%88%9B%E5%B2%9A%E5%A4%A9%E5%AE%8C%E6%88%90%E6%96%B0/
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The drone-inspection company secured financing from Xiong’an Science and Technology Innovation Seed Fund for systems combining flight control, perception and anomaly detection.
Section: Mergers & acquisitions
Company: AMD / World Labs
Amount: $8.2B
Date: 28 Sept
Status: Agreement signed
Source: https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1299/amd-to-acquire-world-labs-to-advance-the-future-of-ai-compute
Profile: /ecosystem/company/advanced-micro-devices
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AMD agreed to acquire World Labs in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $8.2 billion. The spatial-intelligence and 3D-world modelling team would join AMD, with Fei-Fei Li becoming executive vice president and chief scientist. Closing is expected by year-end, subject to regulatory approvals and customary conditions.
Company: Wandercraft / Ekso Bionics
Amount: Undisclosed
Date: 1 Oct
Status: Completed
Source: https://www.wandercraft.eu/articles/wandercraft-acquires-ekso-bionics
Profile: /ecosystem/company/wandercraft
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Wandercraft acquired the Ekso Bionics operating business from a ChronoScale subsidiary, bringing together exoskeleton products used at more than 700 rehabilitation centres. The transaction signed and closed simultaneously; Wandercraft intends to keep supporting Atalante X, EksoNR, Eve and Indego Personal.
Company: Anduril / Popoto Modem
Amount: Undisclosed
Date: 2 Oct
Status: Acquired
Source: https://www.tectonicdefense.com/exclusive-anduril-snaps-up-popoto-modem/
Profile: /ecosystem/company/anduril-industries
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Anduril acquired Popoto Modem to strengthen communications between autonomous underwater vehicles, sensors and surface systems. The Massachusetts team will continue to build and sell modems to existing customers while joining Anduril’s subsea communications work.
Company: Roboworks / Elevision
Amount: Share exchange
Date: 29 Sept
Status: Shareholder approval
Source: https://www.digitaltoday.co.kr/disclosure/articleView.html?idxno=703593
Profile: /ecosystem/company/roboworks-korea
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Elevision shareholders approved the Roboworks share exchange and articles amendments. Roboworks integrates autonomous mobile robots and collaborative robots for industrial automation. Both special resolutions received all votes cast in favour, representing 48.6% of voting issued shares. This week’s event is an approval milestone.
Section: Strategic investment
Company: Sol.One / Drone Volt
Amount: €2.5M each
USD: ≈US$2.8M each
Round: Reciprocal investment · 30 Sep
Source: https://www.sol.one/blog/news-4/sol-one-completes-2-5-million-reciprocal-investment-with-drone-volt-first-shipments-arrive-in-sol-one-production-plant-14
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Sol.One and Drone Volt completed reciprocal €2.5 million investments under their previously announced propulsion programme. Drone Volt invested in Sol.One at the price of its August round, while Sol.One subscribed for new Drone Volt shares. The companies also reported the arrival of components for Saboteur production in Belgium.
Company: Mantis Robotics
Amount: Undisclosed
Round: Strategic investment
Date: 28 Sept 2026
Investors: DIC D2S Ventures
Source: https://www.dic-global.com/ap/news/2026/ir/20260928061217.html
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DIC invested in Mantis Robotics through DIC D2S Ventures. The companies plan to explore tactile sensing, robotic fingers and lightweight components for fenceless industrial robots.
Section: Enabling stack
Company: Flow Engineering
Amount: $50M
Meta: Series B · Hardware engineering software · 30 Sept
Investors: Co-led by Valor Equity Partners and Atreides Management; Sequoia Capital also participated
Source: https://www.flowengineering.com/blog/series-b-press-release
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Flow Engineering raised $50 million at a $750 million valuation for AI agents that connect hardware requirements, CAD, simulation, code and testing. Warehouse robotics company Mytra uses Flow to coordinate requirements, risks and tests across its robot development programme.
Section: Filing watch
Company: Sunflower Labs
Amount: $14.9M sold
Meta: Open $20M offering · Form D · 28 Sept
Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1876339/000187633926000003/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml
Profile: /ecosystem/company/sunflower-labs
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Sunflower Labs reported $14,902,982 sold to 26 investors against a $20 million equity offering. The first sale was on 10 September. This filing leaves $5.1 million unsold and does not announce a completed funding round.
Section: Coverage
This edition covers announcements dated 28 September–4 October 2026: 28 robotics and enabling-technology funding announcements, one reciprocal-investment update, four M&A events and Sunflower Labs’ filing-only update. Scope includes robots and autonomous systems, plus their components, sensing, compute, software, development tools and manufacturing infrastructure. Coverage draws on Korthos event records and the linked announcements; it is not a census of global funding.
The selected rounds are editorially ordered, not a complete global ranking. Quartermaster’s $40M debt facility, acquisition consideration and the Sol.One/Drone Volt reciprocal investments are shown separately from funding rounds.
Approximate USD equivalents use ECB reference rates for 2 October 2026 to compare the week’s disclosed amounts. DoD Solution’s $2.1M equivalent is source-reported. Original currencies and lower bounds are retained; qualitative ranges and undisclosed amounts are not converted.
LOMBY and OSCP announced financings this week that closed in August. Sol.One’s transaction completes an earlier programme and is shown separately. “More than”, approximate and order-of-magnitude amounts retain their source qualifications. Company locations describe headquarters.